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'76 Bridgemen - the uniforms (in an era when people were even less forgiving). Note the original '75 Cadet uniforms at the 00:50 mark in the attached video.

'83 Vanguard - down ending '84 Vanguard - that percussion solo '82 Garfield - so many risks and it paid off beautifully

There were portable cassette recorders not that far from the size of a Walkman earlier on. Many developed by Sony, the makers of the original Walkman. However they were expensive. The Walkman made them affordable for the general consumer. I remember the one I got. It was $100 back then which was a big chunk of change in comparison to now. I really hope the person who found it in the back of the taxi I left it in enjoyed it as much as I did.

DCA has never claimed to be DCI quality. there's only so much you can do on a weekend. yet here i am again talking to you about DCA when you admit you know little about it and just bash it whenever you can

Saw them at Hershey and friend was couple rows ahead. When Garfield came out he stood up and yelled at me. “HERE COME THE PROS”. Should the seen the wtf looks people had on their faces. 😳🤔😆 No idea about 1974

I remember seeing Garfield early season in '82 and thinking "What are they doing?" Then saw them later in the season as well as at finals and my reaction became "Look at what they are doing - incredible!"

There is a Vanguard show in the later '70s where they did asymmetrical drill during one part of the show. I can't remember the year or the piece they used (maybe during a percussion solo), but I remember noting that side one did not equal side two on purpose. I can't find the clip on YouTube anymore.

The original Bottle Dance from SCV. Had no idea what the reaction would be.

Bluecoats 2016...unis, ramps, etc.

It may not interest you (it doesn't me either) but there are folks over 21 that still want to march in Drum Corps. I think it must be more of a East Coast activity.

The recorder looks to be no more than seven inches long, almost four inches wide, and just over an inch thick.

very true

For those of us who have or are still competing in track & field, soccer, softball, baseball, basketball, road/bike races, etc. Would like to speak with you.

The way it was . You Bet. As far as a chance, why not, get better , follow criteria etc etc. we have seen corps jump from the bottom of finals to top 5 ( Boston ) one day to the next ,unlikely just as it was BITD or should have been. There was little reasoning as to why corps would jump or fall many many points, made no sense at all and was nothing more than a different judge and opinion, without reason other than " well I called it as I saw it" Not a good reason then or now. From your other response about the tic and accountability. There was none until criteria was attached and even then for quite sometime judges ( some ) danced around the fact they were being questioned, I taught and judged under both abd the tic system was just as subjective as today but the difference is a judge must answer for his or her actions. Although a judge in captions is encouraged to judge independent of others they all follow said criteria and not off on their own. I remember often back in the day ignoring some judges because we knew they wouldnt be judging at the end of the year or important shows and only to those we knew would. We worked off their sheets and opinions